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People in the News: Ilan Daskal, Joseph Driscoll, Andrew Brooks, More

Ilan Daskal

Bio-Rad Laboratories has appointed Ilan Daskal as executive vice president and CFO. Daskal previously served as CFO of Lumileds, a lighting manufacturer formed in 1999 as a joint venture between Philips Lighting and Agilent Technologies. He will replace Christine Tsingos, who is retiring.


Joseph Driscoll

Akoya Biosciences, which markets tools for high-parameter tissue analysis and biomarker discovery, has appointed Joseph Driscoll as CFO. Driscoll most recently served as CFO at Quanterix. He has also served as CFO at several other public and private companies, including Verscend, PC Connection, Summer Infant, ACT Electronics, and Safety 1[st].


Andrew Brooks

Circuit Clinical, an integrated research organization that facilitates clinical trials and biospecimen collection, has added Andrew Brooks to its board of directors. Brooks is currently chief operating officer of RUCDR Infinite Biologics (RUCDR) at Rutgers University, the world's largest academic biorepository managing biological resources for clients such as the National Institutes of Health, as well as leading academic researchers and major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. He is a professor of genetics at Rutgers University and a member of the Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey.


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